Thursday, 16 January 2014

Regional Training of State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs) on Revised Management Information System in Integrated Child Development Scheme at IIHMR Jaipur from January 9th to 11th


  • A Regional Training of State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs) on Revised Management Information System (MIS) in Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was conducted at IIHMR Jaipur from 9th – 11th January 2013. The training was organized by Ministry of Women & Child Development; Govt. of India with support of Technical Assistance Agency, IDA assisted ICDS System Strengthening & Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP). The participating states included Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, J & K, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh. 

  • An extensive revision of the Management Information System (MIS) in ICDS Programme, particularly the registers and reports used at the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and block levels was undertaken by the Government of India. These have since been finalized and are now ready for roll-out across the country. The current training was the last in series of four conducted across the country with the objective of creating state level master trainers to impart the training on new MIS in their respective states to execute the roll out.


Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Students Rate Highly Learning Culture at IIHMR


Organization culture of the education and research institutions is critical for their image and performance.  A survey of IIHMR students’ perceptions on core values or ethos viz, openness, confrontation, trust, authenticity, proaction, autonomy, collaboration and experimentation was conducted.  Over 100 students of the postgraduate program in hospital and health management, and pharmaceutical management were administered an HRD instrument, OCTAPACE. The students reported that IIHMR was very high core values of organizational culture. The mean scores for openness were 20% higher than standard normal mean scores based on the other organizations. So were the mean scores on other important attributes such as Trust, and Proaction. Collaboration and Experimentation were other core values which achieved more than normal standard mean scores. Confrontation and Authenticity, the other core values which were as good as standard mean scores.

The students felt reported that faculty was trustworthy and competent that allowed confronting them with straight and tough questioning. The students appreciated the culture of openness and trust between them and the faculty. Experimenting with innovative approaches of teaching ensured incorporating contemporary knowledge and skills.

These core values a culture have enable IIHMR reach the top of the ranking in hospital and health management education in India, and recognition at the international levels.